sister station in springfield, missouri. thank you for being with us. thank you, jen. the best prayers and best wishes of all of the folks of southwest missouri and northwest arkansas to the wdbj 7 and roanoke area. our hearts are broken with the viewers. we are here to help you get through this. we need everyone s help and love and support. all right. this morning, law enforcement officials across the state are continuing to piece together the information about what happened. it started all on the air as a story about the 50th anniversary of smith mountain lake. police say vester flanigan is a former wdbj reporter who went by bryce williams on the air. the sheriff s office says he left the lake area and rented a car and headed north on highway 81. a license plate reader on the virginia state police car spotted the vehicle.
come soon enough for firefighters in the northwest. for the latest on that, let s bring in meteorologist pedram javaheri. good morning, alison and miguel. we have some changes in the forecast for the northwestern side of the country as impulses bringing in heavy rainfall for this time of year. some of the best bet for rainfall in parts of the western side of the country. especially in northern and western washington. 2 to 4 inches. working to western oregon with 1 to 2 inches with tremendous fire. the rainfall will be on the lesser side. less than 1 inch. better than recent weeks. how about the nice conditions across the midwest. high pressure large and in charge. generally clear skies. temperatures on the mild to cool side. thunderstorms abound round the southeast. mostly sunny skies in the deep south. we are watching tropical storm erika in the leeward island. this brings in heavy rainfall in the next couple of days. as we head into friday, saturday
flanigan, an african-american, also points to the charleston church massacre as a spark for his crime. in the note, he writes the church shooting was the tipping point. my anger has been building steadily. i have been a human powder keg for a while. he claims he had been the target of racism in the workplace and previous employers blocked him from getting a new job. writing, i tried to pull myself up by the bootstraps, but the damage was already done. when somebody gets to this point, there is nothing to be said or done to change their happiness. meds, no, it s too much. for more on the shooting, let s bring in cnn s brian todd in roanoke, virginia. reporter: alison and miguel, we have information on the shooter s movements from early wednesday morning. he left from this location and
to conclude he can put his heart and soul into the race. if i were to announce to run, i have to commit to all of you that i would be able to give it my whole heart and my whole soul. right now, both are pretty well banged up. we are trying to figure out that issue. reporter: at a campaign event in iowa, hillary clinton responding to all of the buzz about biden with some deeply personal remarks. referencing the fact that the biden family is going through the grief process after the death of beau biden in may. i want him to reach whatever the right decision is and he has to do that. it has to be a really, really hard one. i was at his son s funeral. i cannot even imagine the grief and heart break. joe has had more terrible events
right now, both are banged up. we are trying to figure out that issue. reporter: meanwhile, at a campaign event here in iowa, hillary clinton responding to all of the buzz about joe biden with deeply personal remarks. referencing the fact that the biden family is still going through the grief process after the death of beau biden in may. i want him to make the decision which is best for him. he has to do that. it has to be a really hard one. i was at his son s funeral. i cannot even imagine the grief and the heart break. joe has had more terrible events than most people can even contemplate. losing his first wife. losing his first daughter. now losing his son.